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Grateful Dead Live at Pittsburgh Civic Arena on 1989-04-02

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1989-04-02 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Audience, John Bleich, SIRMick

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Set 1

Iko Iko
Little Red Rooster
Dire Wolf
It's All Over Now
We Can Run
Brown Eyed Women
Queen Jane Approximately
Tennessee Jed
The Music Never Stopped

Set 2

Shakedown Street ->
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) ->
Foolish Heart ->
Drums ->
Space ->
The Wheel ->
Dear Mr. Fantasy ->
Hey Jude ->
Around And Around ->
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad ->
Turn On Your Lovelight

Encore
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Notes

Notes:

* thanks to Bgreen for the transfer. This track was on a different tape that John had overlooked to give me
- there is a tape flip after "Brown Eyed Women", the first few seconds of "Queen Jane Approximately" are missing.
- Space patched 3:28 - 3:44
source: AUD > Beyer Dynamic M88's > Sony TCD5M(CM) > Nak DR-10 > Midiman Flying Cow 24bit/48kHz A/D >
RME Digi96/8 > Steinberg's Wavelab 3.0 (bit resolution & resampling to CDR redbook 16/44.1 >
CDWav beta1.6 (tracking only) > SHNv3 (MKW ACT) ( shnid 29734)

Thanks to John for lending me his masters

Addeddate: 2008-12-28 18:16:07

Identifier: gd1989-04-02.nak300.bleich.sirmick.96554.sbeok.flac16

Lineage: mac > Nakamichi BX-125E > EMU 020 > Wavelab > wav (24/96) > flac *except for It's All Over Now, Baby Blue: mac > Nakamichi ZX-9 > Tascam HD-P2 > wav (24/96) > flac

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Run time: 142:53.61

Source: Nakamichi 300 shotguns > Sony WM-D6 > 2 x Maxell SII-S (from Section 9F, Row TT, Seat 8)

Taped by: John Bleich

Transferred by: SIRMick

Type: sound

Venue: Pittsburgh Civic Arena

Year: 1989

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Reviewer: fudoki - - June 23, 2009
Subject: Best of what's available....

This is a really good show, with the overwhelming audience electricity and excitement of the Atlanta shows preceding it - but all four recordings here are sub-par. This is, IMHO, the best because of the Nakamichi mics that pick up the full range of sound and captures the vocal harmonies, drums, and the entire band without the loud, tinny, twangyness of two or the other recordings and the muddiness of the other.
On this recording, just jack up the volume a couple extra notches and enjoy! For those who listen on other than big ole Bose (front channels) and JBL (rear channels) studio monitor speakers, only reprocessing will get you a satisfactory mix, but there is gracious plenty to work with on this recording to achieve that goal.
To point folks in the right direction, I am giving this recording a generous 5 - it's that much better than the others in present sound and potential for better with a mix-down (er, mix-UP actually...).
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